My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities.

Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other.

When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, How would the Lone Ranger handle this?

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion.

I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans.

If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.